The battering ram is the Big Mac of medieval siege weapons – basic, simple, almost primal, and probably the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a good old-fashioned siege. But in case you’re not familiar, here’s a brief description: It’s a ram you use to batter down a large door or gate, so you can get inside and start raping and pillaging. They can be propelled the old-fashioned way, with a bunch of people holding the ram and moving it forward, or on a wheeled structure that you just roll back and forth against the door, gate, or wall until it breaks down.

Ex-Major leager Jose Offerman takes a swing at pitcher Matt Beech. He hit the catcher (John Nathans) in head on his back swing (concussion) then broke the pitchers middle finger on the follow through :D